Match string and retrieve part of string from match

Question

Hi,
I'm trying to parse a html-page to retrieve a certain value.
The string should match some pattern. Then I want to retrieve a part of the string from the match. In my example case: XXX.
String string2Match = "    <input type=\"text\" name=\"match\" value=\"XXX\"       ";
String regex = ".*<input type=\"text\" name=\"match\" value=\"\\w*\".*";
Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex);
Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(string2Match);
if (matcher.matches()) {
   // in this case I want to retrieve a part of the string from the match. here: XXX.
}Can this be done, without parsing the matcher.group()-findings again.
Thanks
Jonny

Answer 1

user11365587 wrote:
My question was meant for strings in general.Then go here:
http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.html
and look for groups.
You will end up by something like:Matcher matcher = Pattern.compile("[a-z]{2}(\\d+)(.*)").matcher("ab1234xy56");
assertEquals("ab1234xy56",matcher.group(0));
assertEquals("1234",matcher.group(1));
assertEquals("xy56",matcher.group(2));bye
TPD